Mangkunagara
VII, K. G. P. A. A. (1885-1944)
Serat padhalangan ringgit purwa [Book of
wayang kulit puppetry], vol. 1. (Yogyakarta : U.P.Indonesia, 1965)
Pedalangan (or padhalangan) is the art of puppetry as used in the traditional
Javanese shadow puppet play called wayang kulit or wayang purwa (ringgit purwa
in High Javanese). This pamphlet describes some of the puppet characters that
are used for stories drawn from the Mahabharata epic, the source of most
Javanese wayang kulit stories. Its author, Prince Mangkunegara, was the head of
the Mangkunegan principality in Surakarta, Central Java, and a great lover and
sponsor of traditional Javanese performing arts.
